<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The Warriors won't miss Nick Van Exel's jump shot, though Nick often did. They won't miss his injured and aging wheels. They won't miss his regular fireside chats explaining why his coach is an idiot. (One of Nick's nit-pix: Then-coach Eric Musselman didn't designate a go- to guy. What Van Exel didn't realize is that at a home for the blind, there is no designated driver.) What the Warriors will miss is Nick's cool. Example: Although Van Exel prided himself on never returning phone calls, which is cool in itself, he had the coolest phone message. The typical recorded phone message conveys the vital information that the person is not available to answer the phone. This is like walking up to a person and saying, "Hello, I am standing in front of you at this present moment in time because I am right here!" Millions of man-hours are wasted daily in listening to recorded voices explain the many possible reasons that person can't come to the phone right now. Here's Nick's entire message, and you have to imagine a slow, deep, Miles Davis-like voice recorded in a smoky nightclub in a bad part of town at 3 a.m.: "OHyeahhhh." More deep thoughts, cheap shots & bon mots .... </div> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...SPG9I7SSUL1.DTL
